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66. Powayan

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

UP-POWAYAN

IND 33.8%won by 12.0%INC 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.8% to 12.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
34,190
Margin
4,117
12.04%

Candidates

9 contested · winner IND
  1. 1RAJA VIKARAM SHAHIndependent · IND11,55833.8%
  2. 2SHIV KUMARIndian National Congress · INC7,44121.8%
  3. 3BADSHAH SINGHIndependent · IND4,01811.8%
  4. 4RAM NATHPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,98911.7%
  5. 5GANGA SINGHJS · JS2,8158.2%
  6. 6RAM DEENSOC · SOC1,9815.8%
  7. 7BHODHAR LALREP · REP1,6884.9%
  8. 8VIJAI VERMAIndependent · IND5141.5%
  9. 9MADAN MOHAN SHUKLA ALIAS MADNESHHMS · HMS1860.5%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–INC swing
−12.8%
IND share
37.9% → 33.8%
INC share
13.1% → 21.8%
Turnout
— → —
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